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NASCAR Cup Phoenix II
Chase Elliott fastest in final Cup practice at Phoenix
Chase Elliott, who is in a must-win situation this weekend to make the Championship 4, topped Friday’s final NASCAR Cup Series practice at ISM Raceway.
Jim Utter
Edited: Nov 9, 2019, 1:06 AM
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Elliott posted an average lap speed of 138.627 mph early in the final 50-minute session of the day which ended up topping the leaderboard.
“As a team, we know the position we’re in right now and it kind of is what it is at this point. We’ll either run good this weekend or we don’t,” Elliott said.
“If we do, we have a chance next week. If we don’t, we’ll go to Homestead and try to build a notebook for hopefully an opportunity down the road.”
Ryan Blaney was second (137.206 mph) and Kevin Harvick was third (136.913 mph). Martin Truex Jr. was fourth and Alex Bowman completed the top-five.
Rounding out the top-10 of the single-lap runs were Aric Almirola, Joey Logano, Matt DiBenedetto, Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.
Hamlin had the fastest average lap speed (135.437 mph) among those drivers who ran at least 10 consecutive laps. DiBenedetto and Blaney were second and third, respectively, in that category.
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Cla # Driver Manufacturer Laps Time Gap Interval Mph 1 9 
Chase Elliott Chevrolet 50 25.969 138.627 2 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 50 26.238 0.269 0.269 137.206 3 4 Kevin Harvick Ford 54 26.294 0.325 0.056 136.913 4 19 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 57 26.312 0.343 0.018 136.820 5 88 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 32 26.358 0.389 0.046 136.581 6 10 Aric Almirola Ford 40 26.447 0.478 0.089 136.121 7 22 Joey Logano Ford 73 26.466 0.497 0.019 136.024 8 95 Matt DiBenedetto Toyota 51 26.482 0.513 0.016 135.941 9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 59 26.486 0.517 0.004 135.921 10 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 46 26.545 0.576 0.059 135.619 11 42 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 43 26.599 0.630 0.054 135.343 12 20 Erik Jones Toyota 45 26.603 0.634 0.004 135.323 13 1 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 48 26.614 0.645 0.011 135.267 14 14 Clint Bowyer Ford 49 26.626 0.657 0.012 135.206 15 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 51 26.645 0.676 0.019 135.110 16 37 Chris Buescher Chevrolet 35 26.654 0.685 0.009 135.064 17 36 John Hunter Nemechek Ford 34 26.673 0.704 0.019 134.968 18 2 Brad Keselowski Ford 53 26.681 0.712 0.008 134.927 19 47 Ryan Preece Chevrolet 36 26.684 0.715 0.003 134.912 20 21 Paul Menard Ford 44 26.727 0.758 0.043 134.695 21 41 
Daniel Suarez Ford 61 26.783 0.814 0.056 134.414 22 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford 26 26.827 0.858 0.044 134.193 23 6 Ryan Newman Ford 35 26.831 0.862 0.004 134.173 24 24 William Byron Chevrolet 32 26.844 0.875 0.013 134.108 25 38 David Ragan Ford 43 26.852 0.883 0.008 134.068 26 13 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 25 26.860 0.891 0.008 134.028 27 43 Darrell Wallace Jr. Chevrolet 29 26.876 0.907 0.016 133.949 28 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 32 26.890 0.921 0.014 133.879 29 34 Michael McDowell Ford 42 26.898 0.929 0.008 133.839 30 8 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 44 26.946 0.977 0.048 133.601 31 32 Corey Lajoie Ford 15 27.246 1.277 0.300 132.129 32 53 J.J. Yeley Ford 22 27.252 1.283 0.006 132.100 33 52 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 11 27.574 1.605 0.322 130.558 34 66 Joey Gase Toyota 5 28.576 2.607 1.002 125.980
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